They're trying - probably foolishly - to disprove the theory you need a web presence to succeed as a band these days. But they are such a good band they might just get away with it.

The name's not great - obviously it relates to the famous hoax (Konrad Kujau was the guy who perpetrated it) so there's the historical reference there but I'd agree in itself it's not a great sounding band name.

just like thrash metal fans of the late 80's early 90's are today. its not a personal thing ive seen radiohead myself at glastonbury '03, ive heard all but 2 of their albums, the bends & ok computer are their best albums but everything else does have that spark the the bends & ok computer had, which leads me to the opinion that there is no creative evidence that they're the best band in the world (sales, yes i accept that).

Like with the 'Big 4' (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth or Anthrax) they were the biggest bands in the world at the time selling absurd amounts of albums, and Metallica fans will stand by them no matter what (RE: see Lulu!!!!), however Slayer were by far and still are the best LIVE band of the Big 4, Megadeth had the better albums, and Anthrax were lucky enough to hang onto the band wagon.

I'm looking at my last.fm and out of my top ten, only Mogwai, Tokyo Police Club, Johnny Foreigner and Bloc Party still exist. Any band's that I'd be a fanboy of (the Smiths, iForward, Russia!, This Et Al, ATDI) aren't about.

I guess I'll have to go with Grammatics, Johnny Foreigner or Brand New, when none of them has released more then 3 records (2 having only one record to their names). Sad, I know.

All the bands I've encountered that have sprung from the Cardiacs family have been uniformly brilliant. Bill Drake's stuff is astonishing, Knifeworld are indescribably good and I suggest checking out Mark Cawthra's Redbus Noface if you get a chance. They all go a little way towards filling the massive void left by Tim's departure from our lives.

... meaningless and arbitrary but I'd be tempted to say the best band in the world need to be at least White Denim (picked at random, not some tiny band) big... need to have released at least a couple of albums... sell records and be good live...

but I couldn't call them the best band in the wold because for me they haven't released a great album since A Ghost Is Born. The newest one is better than the previous two, but still not up there with their work from 1999-2004.